Chapter 19

One-Winged Angel


"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback

Location / Date / Time Skip


Both Erza's clashed with their weapons before pushing each other back as the room fell apart around them. "We might share a face and a voice, but are we equal in battle?" Knightwalker asked.

"I was wondering that myself." Erza confessed. "Do we measure up to each other?"

"Then we should find out." E. Erza said back before both charged again with a roar.


Extalia

Wendy and Carla walked through the Exceed homeland, surrounded by a growing mob of the cat people. They whispered and murmured to each other about both the human and the fallen, and the two could hear it all. "Extalia is in danger." Wendy said. "We need to talk to your queen, right away."

"Excuse me, pardon me, make room!" Nadi shouted as he hopped through the crowd. "You two cannot be here! Fallens and humans are forbidden from ever setting foot on Extalia under any circumstances!"

"I'd make an exception if I were you." Carla huffed. "Just hear us out. All the lives of your citizens are in danger."

"But how in the queen's name did you escape Captain Nichiya and the royal guard?" He asked.

"Thye were turned into a lacrima by King Faust." She said back. All the citizens let out a gasp before they turned to each other and started laughing and bragging about their queen.

"I'm telling the truth!" Wendy shouted. "The Royal army is planning to attack you." The Exceeds just rolled their eyes and told them the queen would take care of them. "I'm not kidding! If you don't evacuate now, you're all gonna get hurt!"

"No, that's you." One Exceed said before throwing a rock at the girl.

"Wendy!" Carla called out as the mob started throwing more rocks at the two. Nadi only watched in fear as the two were pelted by the stones.

"If you hate humans so much, then do whatever you want to me! But leave Carla alone, she's one of you!" Wendy shouted. "Just listen to her, I'm begging you!"

"Wendy, just run." Carla begged as the stones kept coming. The mod started chanting 'Go away' as Wendy shielded Carla. "Just let them take me."


Lacrima Island

Gajeel raised his arms and blocked the massive blade from taking his head off. With a roar, he dug his heels into the ground and stopped sliding around as Pantherlily glared at him. "This sword can slice through iron like its butter, so how are you blocking it with your bare hands?"

"Because my Iron Dragon Scales aren't made out of your run of the mill iron." Gajeel answered. "Now tell me something: if you're one of them super cats, why the hell are you fighting for the Royal army?"

The large cat man merely growled back. "Yeah..." Happy nervously spoke up. "You're Exceed like me. I be the you love fish. You want one of mine?"

Pantherlily pulled the massive blade back up. "That decision was made years ago." He said, confusing Gajeel. "That place is behind me now, that kingdom of lies!" He slammed the blade back down and forced Gajeel to block with arms crossed.

'What does he mean by that?' Happy asked.

"So you didn't fit in there, is that it?" Gajeel asked. "I know all about that." He thought back to his first days in Fairy Tail before smirking. "You're fine with me!" He raised his magic and the massive blade cracked into shards. "But I'm still gonna make you my cat!"

"Huh!?" Happy asked in shock.

"He just destroyed the Bustermarm." The large cat mumbled in shock. In his state, he missed Gajeel jumping off the lacrima before punching him in the face.

"But before that I'm gonna show you who's stronger." Gajeel said before unleashing a flurry of fists, the last one sending the Exceed to the ground. "Rockhead is gonna be so pissed when he finds out I have a cat and he doesn't! Iron Dragon Roar!" He let out a stream of iron shards and hit the cat.

He landed on the ground and started laughing like crazy. 'Probably shouldn't tell him about Slate.' Happy thought, spinning in the air.

The dust settled and Pantherlily, in broken armor, launched forward and punched Gajeel in the face. Gajeel grinned back and threw his own fist and the two started slugging it out.


Castle

Gray stood over the unconscious blonde, holding up his newly created key. "I told you I'm an Ice-Make wizard, chin boy. I can make anything."

"Hey Gray!" Said ice wizard looked over his shoulder to see Natsu running over to him. "You can't run away from me forever, jerk."

"I was busy taking out this clown." Gray motioned to the captain.

Natsu picked Sugarboy up by the shoulders and started shaking him. "Alright, you creep. Give me that stupid key!"

"This would be a lot easier if you'd look over here for a second." Gray said. "Things are starting to go out way, but we're not in the clear yet. Hold on, where's Lucy?"

"Oh yeah, she's kinda stuck." Natsu answered, dropping the Edolas man.


With Lucy

"Keep pulling!" Lucy begged as Coco pulled on her. "Were almost there."

"I'm pulling as hard as I can." Coco said from underneath.


With Natsu and Gray

"Whatever, with this key, we can save everyone." Gray said, holding up his creation.

"Say what?" Natsu tilted his head in confusion.

"The king wants to fire the Dragon Chain Cannon and use it as a wire to hit Extalia with the lacrima." Gray explained. "But if we can hit the lacrima with the Dragon Chain Cannon, it's concentrated Dragon Slayer magic will turn everyone back to normal."

"I don't understand, but it sounds like a plan to me." Natsu cheered.

"I think the Cannon is just up ahead of us." Gray said, looking down the hall.

"Then lets go get it." The pinkette cheered.

"There's just one problem." Gray said back. "We can't get inside the chamber where they're keeping it."

"Sure we can." Natsu said back. "We'll just use a little magic and kaboom."

"That won't work." Gray said, chasing his head. "Apparently, it's made from some kind of anti-wizard, magic canceling lacrima."

"Well we have to try." Natsu said back.

"And when that fails, what then?" Gray asked before footsteps caught their attention.

Both turned to see Erza Knightwalker limping over to them. "So, this is where... you wandered off to... and you have the key."

"It's Erza." Natsu cheered.

"Hold on, take a good look at her." Gray said before going wide eyed. "She's from Edolas!"

Knightwalker smirked as the two stared in shock. "I don't believe it..." Natsu mumbled. "Our Erza lost!?" The redhead launched forward and punched both in the gut, sending both them and the key to the ground.

Minutes later, Knightwalker was dragging the two of them in ropes and reached the large door that housed the Cannon. "Captain Knightwalker, I'm glad you're okay." One of the guards said.

"You idiot, does she look okay?" The second one asked back. "Do you need any help?"

"Don't bother." She said as they reached her.

"May i ask who they are?" The first guard asked.

"The keys to the Dragon Chain Cannon." E. Erza answered.

"I don't understand." The second guard said.

"His majesty is inside?" She asked.

"Yes, of course. Right this way." The second guard said before the door started opening.

"Were very close, men." Knightwalker said. "Ever lasting magic power is in our reach."


Desert Overlook

Lucy Ashely and Brianna Stone stared out over the sandy terrain in annoyance. "Jeez, what's with the hold up?" The blonde asked in annoyance.

"He'll be here, just give him time." E. Brianna said.

"You do it man. She likes you more." Gray Surge told Natsu Dragion as the two stood behind the two.

"Yeah, I guess." The driver said back before timidly stepping forward. "So, what exactly are we doing out here in the middle of the desert? I'm just curious."

"Waiting for someone." The blonde said matter of factly.

"For who?" E. Natsu asked as E. Surge came out.

"So, do you two have some kind of plan in the works?" Surge asked as he wrapped his arm around E. Natsu's shoulder.

"Maybe, but if we wanna convince the others, we need all the credible information we can get." E. Brianna said.

"Convince them of what?" E. Gray asked.

"This is not good, is it?" The driver asked.

"So what's the deal with everyone else?" The blonde asked as the girls turned around.

"Well, when you two said you had some kind of plan, they're pretty antsy." E. Gray said. "Ever since you meet those people from the other world, you two have been more irritable than ever."

"Tell me about it." E. Natsu added, irritating the blonde. "It's hard to tell who's scarier now."

"You better take that stuff back if you wanna live!" She shouted, scaring the two of them behind a rock.

"We're sorry!" Both said at the same time.

"This isn't a chorus coir!" E. Lucy shouted.


Royal City

Knightwalker walked through the door and marched into the room filled with soldiers and machinery, and in the center of it all was the Dragon Chain Cannon. "Is it true that you've retrieved the key, captain Knightwalker?" The king asked.

"I'm afraid not, your majesty. It was destroyed." The red head confessed.

"Explain yourself at once." Faust demanded as E. Erza threw Gray forward.

"This one can create a working copy." She explained.

"No way." He said back.

"And who is this?" The king asked.

"An Earthland wizard, sir." Knightwalker explained. "And a comrade of the Dragon Slayers."

"Is that so? Is he connected to the disappearing lacrima from the plaza?" The king asked.

"Indeed he is." She nodded.

"Free him, now." Faust ordered. "And have make this key."

E. Erza obeyed and sliced the ropes off Gray before pointing her blade at Natsu's neck. "Get up, Earthlander." She ordered. "And don't do anything foolish." Gray clutched his arm as he stood up and looked around him. "You will activate the Dragon Chain Cannon."

'So this is it?' He asked himself, looking at the weapon. 'Gotta admit, it's not quite what I imagined it would look like.'

"Quit stalling." E. Erza ordered, pressing the blade closer to Natsu's neck.

"I don't have a choice." Gray mumbled before creating the key, making the army gawk at him. "Back off. I'm not some circus performer for you to stare at." Gray slowly stepped forward and placed the key into its hole before turning it, making the whole thing glow orange.

'This is our only chance.' He thought. 'We gotta score a direct hit on the lacrima with this thing. 'Cause if I don't, we're gonna lose all of our friends. Not to mention the innocent people there with them.' The eyes of the statues started glowing as well.

"Yes, this is a glorious day!" Faust cheered.

E. Erza watched in amazement as the whole city was enveloped in a matching light before the castle itself started shacking and moving. 'How do I aim this thing?' Gray asked, looking around as Faust laughed. 'Where are the controls?!' The glow turned into a beam that shot out of the castle.

"Prepare to fire!" Faust ordered.

E. Erza leaned forward and whispered into Natsu's ear. "Now's our chance. Natsu!" She pushed the Dragon Slayer forward, showing the scar under her eye.

"Ready to go!" Natsu cheered as he burned the ropes off of him.

"What!?" Faust asked in shock.

"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" Natsu shouted before swinging his arms, whacking a whole bunch of soldiers back.

"What's going on here!?" Faust demanded before finding himself hostage at Erza's hands.

"I'm calling off the launch!" She shouted with her sword at the king's neck.

"You traitor." He growled out as the guards stared in shock. "You're playing with fire, Erza. You do know that?"

The 'captain' was then bathed in a golden light before she returned to her normal armor. "My name is Erza Scarlet, and I'm an Earthland wizard!"

"Nice job." Gray said. "Things got hairy for a bit, but now we can save everyone."

"They actually fell for Plan D." Natsu cheered. "D for deceive the dummies!"

"I want you to aim the Cannon at the lacrima, now!" Erza ordered.

"And I want you to fire it at its original target now!" Faust shouted.

The troops were naturally concerned about what to do next. "That's a dirty move, taking hostages."

"We don't care what you think." Gray said back.

"Because we'll do anything to save our friends." Natsu added.

"You're wasting time." Erza growled.

"Fire it now." The king ordered. "Forget about me and eliminate the Exceeds!"

"We have to protect the king." One soldier said. "Change the target and aim for the lacrima."

"You cowards! You dare forfeit infinite magic power!?" The king shouted.

Erza glanced up to find Knightwalker, in a cloak, heading straight for her. "SCARLET!" She shouted before slamming her spear down in Erza, forcing the Earthlander to block the spear freeing the king.

"Captain Knightwalker!" The king cheered.

"His majesty is free!" The soldiers cheered. "Change the target to the original at once!"

"Crap!" Gray said.

The Erza's clashed again as their blades sparked. "Our fight isn't over, Scarlet!" Knightwalker growled out.

"Of all the times you could have appeared..." Erza mumbled.

"Fire!" Faust ordered and the cannon did just that. The entire city stared at the light show in ignorance of its purpose before the Cannon fired, sending the Chain right into the island and making the lacrima glow orange.

"What was that?" Gajeel asked as the island shook.

"The Dragon Chain Cannon attaching." Pantherlily smirked.

"No way, they couldn't stop it?" The Slayer asked in shock.

"The Cannon has been attached!" A soldier reported.

"Now smash it into Extalia at once!" Faust ordered.

Seconds later, a legion broke through the roof and hit the ground, scaring the soldiers. "You guys! Get on its back!" Lucy shouted.

"Lucy? Is that you?" Erza asked.

"Holy cow, they turned you into a monster!" Natsu shouted.

"Are you seriously that stupid!?" Nicholas asked from the horn. "Just get on this thing before everyone we know dies!"

"Why are you holding the horn?" Gray asked.

"Because he's scare of heights." Brianna said, popping up next to Lucy.

"I am not!" He shouted back. "This is just the safest place on this thing to be."

"What's going on? How are they controlling the legion?" Faust asked as the beast took off.

"It's because this one is mine." Coco bragged as the beast flew through the hole.

"Coco..." The king growled.

"Are we gonna be able to stop it?" Natsu asked.

"We won't know until we try." Lucy said.

Erza and Knightwalker glared at each other as the beast left eyesight. "Scarlet..." The Edolas redhead growled before cutting off her hair. "Don't just stand there. Deploy the second magic warfare unit legion platoon!" She shouted.

"I will be coming along as well." The king said. "Prepare the Dorma Anim."

The guards stared at his order in shock. "But that's forbidden. Article 23 of the constitution of the kingdom-"

"Do it!" The king ordered.


Lacrima Island

"What's going on?" Gajeel asked as the island was dragged through the air. "Is this thing moving?"

"This is the Royal army's plan." The cat captain smirked back. "We'll smash into Extalia, eliminate that kingdom, and harvest limitless magical power."

"You gotta be kidding me. That's insane!" Gajeel said.

"Why?" Happy asked with tears in his eyes. "Why would your people do something this horrible?"

"There's no time to smash this thing! Damn it!" Gajeel cursed.

Beneth them, Coco's legion flew straight at the island. "Let's go!" Natsu shouted. "If we can't stop it, everyone we know will die!" The beast let out a roar before slamming its head into the island, crushing Nicholas before it started pushing.

"Don't hold anything back!" Coco ordered, making the beast push harder.

"No good! It's got too much mass and momentum!" Gray shouted.

"If we fall, then we do so with Magnolia." Erza stated.

"Could you not crush me first!?" Nicholas asked.

With a roar, Natsu ran up the beast's head and started pushing against the rock. "This thing ain't going anywhere!"

"Natsu!" Happy shouted, floating over the side. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean..."

"Give me a hand, would ya buddy?" Natsu asked.

Happy looked at his friend with a smile before flying towards the Dragon Slayer. "Aye sir!"

Gajeel smirked at the sight before racing over to the edge. "Okay, temp truce, fur ball." He told Pantherlily.

"Don't run, you coward." The captain called out.

"We'll finish this later." Gajeel said still running. "First I gotta stop this thing, then I'll fight ya."

"Moron! You can't!" Pantherlily shouted. "Once it's started there's no stoping it! This is the end, Edolas will change forever and none of us will be around to see it."

"Wrong!" Gajeel declared. "Once this is done, I'm bringing you to Fairy Tail. You'll become my cat, even if I have to drag you back there in chains." He jumped off the side just as the island started to hit Extalia.

"They're still gonna hit!" Gray shouted, pushing on the rock.

"Give it everything you have!" Erza shouted.

"It's not gonna end this way!" Natsu roared before the rocks hit.

"Come on, come on, come on!" Nicholas chanted, his arms and legs turned into pillars and pushed stains to the island. "Slate, whatever you do, don't make me look down."

"Got it." Slate said, pulling on his hair.

"Don't give up!" Natsu shouted, still pushing.

Gajeel jumped down next to Brianna, confusing the two toned girl. "Metal head? Why aren't you turning the other back to normal?"

"You wanna deal with the black cat, go ahead!" He shouted back.

"We can't worry about the lacrima or the cat, push!" Gray shouted.

"If we don't stop it, everyone from Magnolia will die!" Lucy added.

"Coco!?" Pantherlily asked as he looked over the ledge. "What are you doing?"

"Lily." She cheered. "I'm so glad you're okay. How needs eternal magic power when you can have eternal smiles?"

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting off!?" He shouted back. "Get out of here now! These people can't hope to stop Extalia's destruction."

"Don't be sure about that." Natsu said back. "If there's one thing we Fairy Tail wizards prove, it's that nothing is impossible!"

The ground behind them began to crack and tear apart, scaring Lucky and Marl as they watched the scene. "What is this, Lucky?" The wife asked.

"No clue, but if it messes with my crops, I'll give 'em hell!" He said back.


Extalia Castle

"It's confirmed, my queen." A guard told the council and the queen sitting on the throne. "The humans have attached the so called 'Dragon Chain Cannon to the lacrima with the intent to use it as a bomb against Extalia. Also, with regret I report that Sir Nichiya and his squad have been transformed into a lacrima. They're currently being held captive by the kingdom. Extalia is in grave danger."

"This is an outrage." An elder, Martam, declared.

"I never thought humans would resort to such heinous methods." Muganto only female member added.

"Also, a human and a fallen have entered the town, urging everyone to evacuate immediately." The guard added. "The citizens have devolved into a mob. What would you order us to do?"

The cat on the throne stood up, catching everyone's attention. "I will deal with this personally."

"Your highness, you can't be serious!" Martam shouted in shock. "What do you intend to do?"

"It's time for this play to end." She simply said.

Back in the city, everyone stared at the corona from the impact. But instead of panicking, they simply jeered the humans for attackign and praising the queen. "The lacrima must have hit the island." Wendy worriedly said.

"If it did, I'd doubt we'd be here to discuss it." Carla pointed out.

"I'm sorry, Carla. There's nothing we can do." The girl said back, almost crying.

"We aren't beaten yet." Carla said before running towards the mob. "Please, listen to me!"

"Shut up, ya fallen." An Exceed said before throwing a rock, only for Nadi to take the hit instead of Carla.

"Sir... you shouldn't throw rocks... it's dangerous." Nadi said, trying to block out the pain. "Someone might get hurt."

"Y-yeah. But she's a fallen, so it doesn't matter." The cat said back.

"Don't you see what's happening!?" Nadi shouted. "They risked their lives coming here to warn us, and we only find ourself in this predicament is because we didn't listen!" The mob started turning on Nadi, while still praising the queen.

"Calm down, Nadi." The black cat turned to see the queen and the elders in the town.

"All praise her majesty!" Nadi shouted. Everyone in the mob instantly bowed down at the queen.

"Thank you, but this isn't the time for bowing." Shagotte told the subjects. "I need for you all to listen to me carefully." A few exceeds started mumbling to each other before quieting down. "Extalia is teetering on the edge of annihilation. This fate may be inescapable for us. After careful deliberation, I have come to a decision on the matter." More mumbles came out that were stopped when Shagotte started taking off her robes.

"I have decided that it is time for you to learn the truth." She said, dropping her jewelry on the ground. "I am just an ordinary Exceed. Not worthy to be worshiped as a queen or a goddess. I'm no better than the rest of you." A single wing popped out of her back. "I do not possess the power to do anything.

"As you can see, I was bore with a single wing. For Exceeds, our magic power is symbolized by our wings and two wings show ones mastery over their power. I lack that power as my magic is weak. I can't ever make up for my deception." The whole crowd stared in shock and bewilderment. "Your names are Wendy and Carla, correct? My apologizes as well, this whole situation is my fault. Please, don't blame those gathered here."

"Is this really happening?" Wendy asked.

"No, the blame rests on those who came up with this crazy idea of a Exceed queen to begin with." Mejeer spoke up. "We Exceeds have always been a weak race than the humans, and they took advantage of that, doing terrible things to us. So, to protect us, we tricked the humans into thinking we were divine and had an all powerful queen."

"After that, we needed to raise the moral of our fellow Exceeds." Muganto added. "So we showed the queen to Extalia, and convinced them that she possessed a gods power. But her divine power was nothing more than another fabrication, maintained by only a few who knew the truth. It took time, but eventually the humans were so scared, they couldn't even look at us."

"The most powerful fear was this belief that the queen could choose which live or die." Mysdroy added. "In truth, neither the queen nor any of us could select which human to die. The only thing we have is Shagotte's ability to see the future. She can see when a person will love or die, so used that to convinced them that people parishes according to her will."

The mob started crying at the revelation. "Utter nonsense!" Carla shouted. "Weather you have power or not is irrelevant! The fact remains that you ordered my friends to be killed! That is a fact!"

"She gave no such order!" Muganto retaliated. "The king must have used the queen as a scape-"

"Quite!" The smaller cat shouted. "You planted fake memories inside my head and ordered me to kill my closest friend! You took my life from me!"

"...You're right." Shagotte mumbled back.

"Wait, you don't understand!" Nadi spoke up. "It's actually a really long and complicated story."

"Excuses don't make it any better!" Carla shouted.

"Carla, this isn't the time for that." Wendy said before a 'shing' was heard. All looked over to see the queen draw a blade and toss it to Carla.

"You're correct, Carla." She said. "My sins are many and suffering is among them. I've put you through more pain than anyone else." She dropped to her knees and hung her head. "I ask you personally execute my punishment. One who has lived with both humans and Exceeds, you have more right than anyone else to carry it out."

Carla bent down and picked up the sword as the mob begged the queen not to do it. "Everyone should flee at once. I alone will join Extalia in its destruction. You must live on and thrive." Carla ignored the begs as she reached the queen. "I beg you, save yourselves and let me bare this punishment alone!"

Carla raised the blade over her head and slammed it down into the ground before Shagotte. "What's the matter with you!? How could you all just give up so easily!? This is your home isn't it!? Do you really need a god or a queen to hold your hand!? You've held on for dear live all this time, even if it meant lying, and now you'll just roll over and die!?

"So what if you're weak!? If you work together, there's no limit to what you can accomplish!? Extalia can't disappear, I've finally come home! After all this time, I can't just let it end!" She produced her wings and took to the sky. "I'll save Extalia, with or without you!" She took off straight towards the lacrima.

Everyone looked at her fading image with tears in their eyes as Nadi grew his own wings. "I'm going too. Because I'm a citizen of Extalia."


Lacrima Island

"Keep pushing!" Natsu shouted as the island kept moving.

"Its getting pretty tight here..." Lucy whined.

"Shut up. You could be me." Nicholas said back, sinking back into the stone.

"Just keep pushing." Gray said.

"Use every once of strength you have!" Erza ordered.

"They're mad, every single one of them." Pantherlily mumbled as he watched the scene from above. "Do they truly believe that human strength can prevent this massacre?"

A shimmer of light caught his attention as Carla flew past him and started pushing against the rock. "Carla, you're here." Happy cheered.

"I won't give up." She said to herself. "I'll keep Extalia and Fairy Tail safe. I can't lose both of my homes." A scream grabbed their attention as Nadi crashed next to them. "Why are you here?"

"Because I want to protect my home." He answered. "Your words gave me courage." Pantherlily glanced back to the city to find hundreds of lights flying out of the city towards the lacrima, Wendy in tow. "And it seems I wasn't the only one."

"Everyone get ready to push with all you've got!" Wendy said.

Near the back of the pack, Shagotte was flying as best as she could. "Your wing is too fragile, you shouldn't be here." Mysdroy called out.

"No, I have to be here." She said back. "My fate will be the same as my people. We live or die together."

"I think I'm seeing things, Marl." Lucky said, looking up.

"Everyone from Extalia is working together." She mumbled as the cats crashed into the island and started pushing. Pantherlily watched the scene, not in amazement, but remembrance.

"Lily, what possessed you to save a human child!?" Martam scolded the bigger Exceed, holding a wrapped boy.

"If I did nothing, he would have died." Pantherlily defended himself.

"How could you bring such filth into Extalia!?" Muganto asked. "It makes me sick."

"I could not just ignore him, even if he is a human." Pantherlily said back.

"Have our queens laws slipped your mind!?" Martam scolded.

"As of now, you are a fallen Exceed and banished from Extalia!" Mysdroy decreed.

"Banished!? You can't mean that!" Pantherlily looked up to Shagotte in hope of a reversal, but all she could do was look down in shame. Outside of the city, Pantherlily gave his former home one last glance before turning to the child. "Don't feel guilty. It's not your fault my people are so shortsighted. Now, let's get you home."

Shagotte's magic finally gave out and she fell to the ground, horrifying the elders. Just before hitting the ground, Pantherlily swooped down and grabbed her to their shock, but Gajeel just smirked at the scene. "Tell me, your highness. Are you finally tired of lying all this time?"

"I'm sorry I've hurt you..." She mumbled before tears hit her in the face.

"So have I..." He said, fighting back the tears. "No matter how much I've tried to hate it, Extalia is still my home. But it's too late now. Even with every Exceed working together, they won't be able to stop it. Forgive me! This my fault! I could have stop the humans, but I did nothing!"

Shagotte brushed his arm, catching his attention. "Don't worry. Your words will reach them, I know it."

"Keep pushing!" Natsu shouted, making the whole mob push with everything they had. With one last shove, the islands began to drift apart.

"They pushed the lacriam away from the island." Pantherlily mumbled in disbelief.

Suddenly, the island started glowing in a blue light. "Can't we ever catch a break!?" Brianna asked before the light turned into a spiral, knocking everyone off the rock. The light died and everyone turned to the lacrima, only to find the island had a giant in it before it and the chain Cannon disintegrated.

"Where'd the lacrima go?" Brianna, in her Harpy Form, asked.

"What happened to our friends?" Lucy asked.

"Don't worry, they're all safe and sound." Everyone turned to see Mystogan standing on top of a legion. "Sorry for the delay, but finding an adequate anima remnant to restore everything takes time. But without your efforts, I never would have made it in time. You have my deepest gratitude."

"Wait, does that mean everyone's back to normal?" Happy asked.

"Yes." The masked man nodded. "By going through the anima in reverse, the lacrima will return to its original form back in Earthland. It's finally over." His declaration of victory caused everyone to cheer wildly. "Lily, long ago you saved my life." He spoke to the cat man as he took off his mask. "I'm glad to have been able to return the favor."

"Yes, and I can't thank you enough... my prince." The captain said as the elders took Shagotte from him.

"Our long lost prince has come home." Coco said, crying her eyes out.

"He's your what!?/Wait, what!?" Brianna and Lucy asked at the same time.

Pantherlily smiled up at his prince before a massive blast of magic ripped through his gut, shocking everyone. As he fell to the ground, a swarm of legions came into view, Erza Knightwalker leading the helm with a smoking spear. "You're not through with us yet! Destroy everyone of them!"


'Now, you talk about a good bullshit story. Holy shit.' - George Carlin.

The lacrima is gone and Extalia is safe. Yaaayyy. Honestly, Lily is a much better being than me. If I were in his shoes, I'd go back to Extalia and slaughter all those cats by hand or sword... I don't like to be crossed. Well, that's it for this chapter. See you next time.